Moulting

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Andy wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 8:01 am I could fill a pillow case every day at the moment. I don’t do the darkness system so they are left to moult naturally. The youngsters in particular now are falling apart, there are feathers everywhere. All a good sign of healthy birds but a pain when it comes to cleaning out.
Been having them for a while now end May when first ones started, got couple there heads are bald and have been for weeks and weeks now
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Murray wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:57 pm It's a good thing to see them going steadily through the moult. The feathers are a pain but I love seeing them when they are finished and have brand new suits :D

I did read somewhere that if they hold on to their feathers and then suddenly totally fall apart, it can mean they have not been well and are recovering. Interesting.
Also a sign of sickness is not going fully through the moult
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Murray wrote: Fri Jul 29, 2022 9:23 am Yep, but I did not want to be the one to pick up on that.

You say you have pigeons bare around the head for "weeks and weeks'. Why?
No idea mate they always seem to take long time getting head feathers back, some scalped as youngsters others couple old cocks, every year they do it not just a one off
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